BRUCE D. KNAPP chairs the firms’s corporate practice group. He has practiced as a corporate
lawyer since his admission to the bar in 1985. He has extensive experience representing clients
in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, corporate governance, real estate sales and
commercial leasing transactions, equity and debt financings, and construction and other
commercial contracts. Mr. Knapp has represented a wide variety of manufacturers, retailers,
financial institutions, coal producers and other entities. He has advised public companies on
securities offerings, periodic reporting and executive compensation matters. He also has
extensive experience conducting secured and unsecured single bank and syndicated loan
transactions, having served as associate counsel to one of the nation’s largest
financial institutions.
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Orlando, FL 32801
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Email:
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Web:
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Practice Areas
General Corporate
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Finance
Real Estate
Representative Clients
Tollgrade Communications, Inc.
Mellon Bank, N.A.
Professional Memberships, Honors and Activities
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law and Section of Environment, Energy
and Resources
Allegheny County Bar Association, Banking and Business Law Section
Selected Seminars and Publications
“Recent Developments in Securities Regulation,” Continuing Legal Education
Seminar, August, 2006
Knapp, B. “With Regulations Looming, Small and Midcap Companies Would
Do Well to Go or Stay Private,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 26, 2003
Knapp, B., and T. Wesolowski. “Reducing Company Risk for Inadequate
Environmental Disclosure,” The Practical Lawyer, January, 1995, pp. 31-40
Knapp, B., T. Wesolowski and T. Szott. “Companies Respond to Increased
Scrutiny with Broader Disclosure of Environmental Liabilities,” Engineering
News Record, June 6, 1994
Bar Admission
2007, Florida
1985, Pennsylvania
1985, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Education
1985, J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law
1985, M.B.A., Carnegie Mellon University
1979, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, High Honors
Prior Professional Experience
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
DKW Law Group, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
Mellon Bank, N.A., Pittsburgh, PA
Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA